Girl injured in Bnei Brak strike makes slight improvement, hospital says

There is a slight improvement in the condition of the 11-year-old girl who was critically wounded during an Iranian ballistic missile attack on central Israel last week, Sheba Medical Center says.

Thirteen other people were also injured to various degrees, including her brother, who is now in good condition, and her father, who was released from the hospital.

The three, from Tel Aviv suburb Bnei Brak, were apparently not in a shelter at the time of the missile strike.

The girl’s father, a Magen David Adom volunteer, applied first aid to his daughter before medics arrived, then lost consciousness, one of the first responders told Channel 13 news.

“The girl remains in critical condition in our intensive care unit, where she is still in a coma, with her life still in danger,” a hospital spokesperson says. “We are fighting for her life.”